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AWARD CELEBRATION
Short Film Competition
The Awards of the Section Short Films
Monday, Novembre 30, 2015 / 9 pm
Maison de Norvège
Cité Universitaire / Paris
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Main Award:
Yes We Love
Hallvar Witzo |
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Hallvar Witzo
Norway
2014 | 0:14:00
Four generations, each with a crisis, set in four different parts of Norway on Norwegian Independence Day.
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Jury Statement :
Yes We Love effectively captures the moments in our lives where small struggles reach their breaking point in a manner that deeply respects its audience as an integral participant of the film. |
Director Statement :
Thats fantastic news! I'm at the set for a new short movie, so this is
really a boost of energy in my work. On behalf of everyone behind yes
we love, thank you so much for this honour! |
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Signs Award :
A Movie for You
Iman Behrouzi |
| The Signs Award is attributed to films treating an important subject
in an original, convincing and surprising way. |
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A Movie for You
Ein Film für Dich / Filmi baraye to
Iman Behrouzi
Iran, Allemagne
2015 | 00:25:00
An Iranian filmmaker wants to move to Germany. There is a problem, though. He has to leave his girlfriend behind. Forced to choose between love and ambitions, he plans to make a film of their first date. He asks some of his friends to stand in while he chose one of them for playing the role of his girlfriend. The women don't rest in a passive position. A documentary about youth, love and longing set in nowadays Iran.
Extrait :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgo1QL0o6-8
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Jury Statement :
A Movie for You is a complex reflection on the role love in self-fulfillment from Iran, as a multi-layered work that is a fiction piece within a documentary.
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Director Statement :
Thank you for your email and this good news. I am very happy that my
film won a prize from Signes de Nuit and it has been appreciated by
Jury. |
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Night Award :
Tie (two recipients)
Wayward
Kira Richards Hansen
Natural Story
Júlio Cavani |
| The Night Award honors films, which are able to balance ambiguity and
complexity characterized by enigmatic mysteriousness and subtleness,
which keeps mind and consideration moving. |
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Wayward / Rodlos
Kira Richards Hansen
Danemark
2014 / 0:19:00
A coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old girl who works at a car
mechanic's and hangs out with her friends. She challenges boundaries
in her search for identity, but her behaviour has repercussions that
force her to acknowledge new aspects of who she is.
Extrait :
https://vimeo.com/106470217
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Jury Statement :
Wayward features strong performances in subtly examining the moment adolescents realize a deep change within who they perceive themselves to be. |
Director Statement :
"Wayward" We are honoured and very happy to receive this prize! Thank you very much!" |
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Natural Story / Storia natural
Júlio Cavani
Brazil
2014| 0:12:00
A man finds a mysterious organic object at the top of the highest tree
of a forest.
Extrait :
https://vimeo.com/102683144
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Jury Statement :
Natural Story is a journey through familiar worlds made mysterious by unexpected contexts and connections. |
Director Statement :
"Natural History" I'm very influenced by french culture and to receive this prize is a
honnor to me, specially in this delicated moment of Paris. I want to
dedicate the "Night Award" to all the artists who show works in
Bataclan, Charlie Hebdo and other places that make France so good to
arts from all the world. Let the power of imagination give us more
peace." |
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Edward Snowden Award:
Symbolic Threats
Matthias Wermke, Lutz Henke,
Mischa Leinkauf |
| The Edward Snowden Award honors films, which offer sensible (mostly)
unknown informations, facts and phenomenons of eminent importance, for
which the festival wishes a wide proliferation in the future. |
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Symbolic Threats
Matthias Wermke, Lutz Henke, Mischa Leinkauf
Germany
2015 | 0:15:00
Poetry or threat? An act of surrender or perhaps art? These were the theories that New York puzzled over last summer. How can one incident be interpreted in so many ways? By means of press reports, Symbolic Threats allows the public at large to express their extreme disparity of interpretation. Inspired by the heated debate over the two „White American Flags“ that suddenly appeared on the towers of New York City’s iconic Brooklyn Bridge, the film asks what kind of societal scope art has in the present day. What happens when threatened freedom reinstates art with the element of danger? Who or what makes it into a threat? Are we safe in the city? What is next?
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Jury Statement :
Symbolic Threats questions the line between independent expression and danger in this meditation on the uneasy relationship society often has with its artists, who are essential elements of democratic societies and yet whose works often comment in unexpected ways that challenge societal structures as a whole.
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Director Statement:
Great news!!! We are honored and thankful to receive this award! Being
recognized by your festival and awarded helps to move on with our
artistic practice! |
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Special Mention :
The Light Side
Khayyam Abdullayev |
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The Light side
Isiq gelen teref
Khayyam Abdullayev
Azerbaijan
2015 | 00:07:30
The story of a miserable family living in oil country is depicted in
the film. The oil which endows light to the world doesn`t shed light
to this family.
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Jury Statement :
The Light Side examines the paradox of extreme poverty within a resource-rich context, using a structure that unexpectedly effectively breaks dramatic cinematic conventions. |
Director Statement :
A Light side:
We want to express our gratitude for the attention and the value that
International Jury of the 13th International Festival Signes de Nuit
gave to us.I assure you we shall do our best to merit the trust you've
placed in us. Thanks for your kindness and generosity. |
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Special Mention :
Excuse Me, While I Disappear
Michael MacGarry |
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Excuse me, while I disappear
Michael MacGarry
Angola
2014 | 0:19:15
The film follows a young municipal worker who lives by night in the old city centre of Luanda and works by day as a groundskeeper at the new city of Kilamba Kiaxi far away. His daily routine is interrupted by day dreams, which take a surprising turn.
Extrait :
http://vimeo.com/118527584
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Jury Statement :
Excuse Me, While I Disappear reflects on the invisibility of the quotidian experience with mesmerizing effect, juxtaposing imposing artificial architectures against the smallness of the daily experience. |
Director Statement :
Michael MacGarry "Many thanks for this, much appreciated - great feedback, having
followed the film programme of Signes de Nuit for several years, it is
really meaningful to have my film acknowledged in this way. "
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